At Xiamen, in the Chinese province of Fujian, an eight-kilometre ribbon running at a height of five metres can accommodate 2,000 bikes an hour and connects at several points with the public transport system

A study culminating in a book has analysed and created new drawings of eighty residential buildings that were constructed in Milan between 1923 and 1973 – designed also by great architects. The author offers us a taster of this work through three exemplary cases – built in wood,...

The two playgrounds constructed in a neighbourhood of Beijing are the work of the firm Ballistic Architecture Machine. They propose innovative materials and forms that satisfy even the most demanding of parents

The elevated walkway at the National Arboretum in Gloucestershire, Great Britain, exploits the topography of the site and is accessible to the disabled. The Glenn Howells Architects studio designed it using computational parametric principles

As a period of grand development projects comes to a close, the dynamic Milanese building industry is now turning its attention to culture and in particular the entertainment sector, through many projects aimed at reviving and expanding historic cinemas and theatres

In Medellín the municipal authorities have turned 14 water tanks into spectacular public spaces to encourage socialization. This is a project that confirms the success of the creative revival of the city

A cultural and artistic project draws attention back to the coastline that connects Palermo to the airport: a strip of land that has been left abandoned, despite being one of the most picturesque and symbolic places in Italy

In preparation for the Programme Agreement the company Sistemi Urbani, in collaboration with the Municipality of Milan, invited five international firms to offer ideas for the reconversion of Milan's decommissioned former rail yards. Here are the projects

Three women – in Pakistan, Morocco and Bangladesh – have been working silently for years to guard (and preserve) ancient traditions and building techniques that are dying out, improving local economies and the life of the community in the process

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